The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-11-11
THE LOST VERNON.

questioned. Pieces of wreckage we reseen by
several vessels i'm the nsighborhood of the
disaster, and tug picked up portions of
the lost propeller's pilot house bearing the
name "Vernon"
Capt. Moran, of the steamer Superior,
which arrived here Sunday night, reports
having seen POI tions of the wreck floating
upon the water but the Superior was her.
self in serious difficulty at the time, and when
she had succeeded in getting sufficient repairs
made to insure her own safety, the Superior
was out Of sight Of the fragments of wreck,
and that, had the Superior been in condition
to offer assistance, some of them might have
been saved. Two RATS add an open boat were
also sighted, but the Superior was unable to
give them any attention. being in rather
precarious condition herself.
So far as known those on board were:
Capt George Shorpc of o Idensburg, N. Y. /;
Capt. John Sullivan, of Chicago, mate, who
formerly sailed the schooner Golden West;
Capt. Larry Higgins, Of Chicago, second
mate, who sailed the steambarge Leland last
year; F. w. Burke, of Chicago, clerk, eldest
son of one of the owners of the line; Charles
Marcau, of Chicago, first engineer; Frank
M. Hall, Of Chicago, second engineer, a
brother of Ed Hall, of Chicago; Martin LIE
Beau, of Chicago, steward; Henry lie Beau
Of Chicago, porter, a brother of Martin; Miss
Kate Gallagher, Of Mackinac island; Miss
Sallie Durkin, Of Chicago; c. Baumgeas, Of
Chicago; Roy Hazleton, of Chicago, cabin
boy. Besides the nine members of the crew
named above, the Vernon carried an addi-
tional cabin boy, Two wheelmen, two firemen,
two cooks. and eight deck hands, most Of
whom belonged in Chicago
Capt Burke, the agent of the N orthern
Michigan line, left for Milwaukee Monday
morning to obtain further particulars of the
disaster, il possible. Before he left however,
he said he despaired of ever again seeing any
OF the passengers or crew Of the Vernon, rs
he feared all on board had persisted. At the
Office Of the steamship company Monday
morning no further particulars had been OBJ
tanned
Capt Phelps. of the steamer New York,
locked his boat Monday morning. His ves-
sci weathered the gale which sent the Vernon
to the bottom. "There is still slim chance
of some Of the Vernons people being saved,
but it is very slight one" said the captain.
"If the Vernon had been a smiling vessel and
had been wrecked under similar circum-
stances have no doubt but that the number
of lost would have been slight, but the crew
OF tne vernon were comparatively landsmen
in handling the small boats, and were at the
mercy of the waves Unless there were some
old sailors among the crew there is but little
hope of any of them being saved"
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Nov 2.-Tbe Jour-
nars Sturgeon Bay, Wis, special says:
Schooner Pomeroy passed through this bay
Tuesday with Alfred Stone one of the crew
of the Inflated steamer Vernon OH board.
He was picked up Monday night, about
eighteen miles from Sheboygan OH n raft
on which with him was dead body. 1t has
not been ascertained what his name is
Stone says he awoke as the boat was sinking
aud jumped through window and found a
life raft with six persons on it, but they oil
persisted but him.
Stone says there were fifty people on
board the Vernon AS far as can be learned
the majority of the people went down with
the vessel not having time enough to take to
the life RATS 1t is thought that the raft on
which Stone was found is the one passed by
the steamer Superior Saturday morning,
which was disabled and could not go to his
rescue.